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Acceptably

//ækˈsɛp.tə.bli// adv

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Adverb
  1. 1
    In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
  2. 2
    To an acceptable degree.

    "Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English acceptably, equivalent to acceptable + -ly.

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